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Richmond Times-Dispatch Sports Editor: Steve Trosky (804)649-6456 stroskytimesdispatch.com A Yankees even Series YANKEES PfllLUES 1 WoHd Series: tied 1-1 New York's Mark Teixeira, who was In an 8-for-44 postseason slump, tied the game with a solo homer. 7:57 p.m., Fox stopped by CHff Lee in the opener 6-1, the Yanks bounced back from an early deficit and won in the Series for the first time since taking a 2-1 lead against Florida in 2003. After a day off, Game 3 will be at Philadelphia tomorrow night Light-hitting Matt Stairs put the Phillies on top with an RBI single in the second. Burnett then used a biting curveball to keep Philadel phia from advancing another runner past second base against him. Teixeira, in an 8-for-44 (.182) postseason slump, tied the score when he led off the fourth with a drive into the Yankees bullpen in right field.

Matsui then put New York ahead with two outs in the sixth, reaching down for a curveball below his knees See YANKEES, Page C3 Teixeira, Matsui hit solo homers off Phillies' Martinez The Associated Press NEW YORK Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui shook the New York Yankees from their lumber slumber and sent the World Series to Philadelphia all tied up. Teixeira and Matsui hit solo homers off familiar foe Pedro Martinez, backing a sharp performance by A. J. Burnett and giving the Yankees a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia PhilHes in Game 2 last night. A night after getting THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UUNSWNX AT POWHATAN High school football :7:30 North Carolina 20, No.

14 Virginia Tech 17 he IfluMe MP '5 ml SI It's as simple as that At Powhatan, there is nothing fancy to its winning ways BY ERIC KOLENICH Times-Dispatch Staff Writer Keep it simple. That's the mantra the coaches preach at Powhatan. "We don't run a whole lot of plays," coach Jim Woodson said. "It took me a long time to figure that out as a coach. At the beginning, I figured I'd try to outsmart everybody and trick them and have so many plays they wouldn't know how to defend it.

We were tricking ourselves because we didn't know how to do it." Most of the time, the Indians, ranked No. 7 in The Times-Dispatch Top 10, keep it on the ground. That is fitting because quarterback Shawn Minor used to be a running back. In eighth grade, he made the switch when the starting QB was hurt. Minor was named Powhatan's starting quarterback as a sophomore.

"A quarterback is a whole lot more than just a thrower," Woodson said. Minor says about 80 percent of the team's plays are rushes, either a designed quarterback carry, an improvised run or a handoff to sophomore running back Landon Bradley. Minor says die Indians' offensive line sets the pace. While many of the best teams See INDIANS, Page C6 rpp ff I iMl ACC title hopes fading fast after loss to Tar Heels BY DARRYL SLATER Times-Dispatch Staff Writer BLACKSBURG All Ryan Williams could do was sit and watch. One agonizing play at a time, the seconds ticking off the clock, North Carolina moved closer and closer to winning last night's game at Lane Stadium.

Williams, Virginia Tech's star redshirt freshman tailback, just sat on the bench, his head in his hands. Teammates walked over and patted him on the back, trying to encourage him. But Williams didn't move. Every few plays, he looked up, saw Carolina moving, the clock ticking. Then he stared at the ground again, trying to digest the low point of what was, until this moment, a charmed season.

His fumble with 2:02 left had given the Tar Heels the ball at the HoMes' 24-yard line. They ran six plays, then Casey Barth kicked a 21-yard field goal as the clock hit zeroes, giving Carolina a 20-17 victory that further damaged the HoMes' chances of winning the ACC Coastal Division and playing for then-third consecutive conference championship. No. 14 Tech (3-2 ACC, 5-3) still needs Georgia Tech (5-1 ACC) to lose one of its two remaining league games. But now, that would tie the HoMes for the Coastal lead, rather than giving it to them outright.

When Barth's field goal tumbled through the uprights and the fans began filing out, Williams remained on the bench, head bowed. Darren Evans, whose season-ending knee injury made Williams the Hokies' top back, leaned See HOKIES, Page C4 DON PETERSENTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Carolina's Jheranle Boyd leaps to pull In a touchdown pass as Virginia Tech's Rashad Carmlchael defends during the first half. The 14th-ranked HoMes fell 20-17 In Blacks burg. Hokies' goals go from national title to 10 wins 2008, EVA RUSSOT1MES DISPATCH Powhatan quarterback Shawn Minor says about 80 percent of his team's plays are rushes. right now," said Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer.

Losing to Alabama in the sea Losing at home to North Carolina, 20-17, a team that was win-less in the ACC, when the possibility of the conference title remains within your grasp, is en-tirely another thing. And it is not a good thing. But this is what happens when your offense leaves points on the field in the first half and the ball on the ground late in the fourth quarter. This is what happens when a team with everything to play for allows a team whose season is rapidly heading south to hang around too long. See WOODY, Page C4 son-opening game is one thing.

The Crimson Tide is a contender for the na-tional title. BLACKSBURG A Virginia Tech football season that began with national championship dreams, then changed its focus to Atlantic Coast Conference title aspirations has come to this. Can the Hokies make it to the Champs Sports Bowl? The Music City Bowl? If things really go badly in the remaining weeks, will they have to take a bus ride to the Eagle Bank Bowl in Washington? "We can still win 10 games, that's got to be what our goal is PAUL Inside, Page G6 Check out the latest player of the week, predictions, statistics and notes. HbjhScnoolXtra Watch the latest edition of the PrepCast and read Arthur UtJey's blog at TimesDispatch.com. Losing at Georgia Tech is THE ASSOCIATED PRESS no shame.

The Yellow Jackets are a befuddling mix of triple options and misdirection on offense. UNCs Casey Barth (left) celebrates his game-winning field goal with Trase Jones..